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Evangelicals are pissed that Facebook banned conversion therapy.

Evangelical anti-LGBT+ Christians are fuming after Facebook confirmed that it would ban advertising for conversion therapy on the social media platform. Facebook confirmed on Friday, July 10, that as part of a push to expand its hate speech policies…

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Paranoid? Here’s how each dating app’s security stacks up.

In countries where homosexuality and gender nonconformity are illegal, police are increasingly using queer dating apps to surveil and entrap LGBTQ people, according to a new report. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Recorded Future published a comprehensive report Tuesday that…

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What marketers need to know about the LGBTers in 2020.

The annual LGBTQ Community Survey is one of the most comprehensive resources for marketers looking to connect with this audience. With the help of 150 global partners, the LGBTQ research agency Community Marketing & Insights (CMI) conducts the survey, asking about everything…

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Instagram & Facebook ban content promoting conversion therapy.

Instagram and Facebook will ban any content that promotes conversion therapy, the social media platforms told CNN on Friday, after activists called on it to block providers from advertising their services online. Facebook said it would expand its existing policies…

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Anti-gay Virginia photographer sues for right to discriminate.

A photographer in Norfolk, Va., has filed a preemptive lawsuit against the state’s new LGBTQ+ rights law, saying it would force him to go against his Christian beliefs by serving same-sex weddings. The Virginia Values Act, which bans discrimination based…

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Reddit bans anti-trans ‘feminist’ community for hate speech.

Reddit has slashed thousands of communities that traffic in hate speech, including forums for Trump supporters and anti-transgender activists. One of the communities, called subreddits on the platform, was a popular forum for so-called “transgender exclusionary radical feminists” or TERFs…

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Facebook seems to think threatening to kill LGBT people is OK.

Now, LGBT+ campaigners from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are demanding the company acts. They complain that hate speech is increasing on the platform. And it comes as Facebook faces unprecedented commercial pressure to tackle hatred…